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zeezeepearl · 2 months ago

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ok im going to #seriouspost for a second here. I don't think Harry Potter is a manifesto. I think it was a flawed passion project that millennials latched onto because of the fantasy of sticking it to their mean teachers and arbitrarily categorizing themselves (hogwarts houses; it's the thinking millennial's astrology). I think the fact that the series got popular when and how it did was very much a product of its time.

I don't think Harry Potter is the biggest symbol of JKR's bigotry. I think the most flagrant sign of that was how she responded to critics. I watched her become radicalized in real time. I watched how she doubled down on her racism when she was called out for the ways she promoted her tragically mid fantastic beasts movies. I watched her chase marginalized teenagers with a double digit follower count off of twitter for daring to criticize her thought process, and no one with any kind of power standing against her because she was the one who was paying them. This isn't to say Harry Potter is without flaws. This is to say she really didn't give a shit about that. Getting rich and powerful is a hell of a drug, and she had enough sycophants that she had no reason to care about what her critics were saying.

She was convinced that she was a martyr; a voice for the unheard; a leader for the ages, so of course her detractors were the bad guys. And I think we should take this to heart. We should see this as an example of how easy it is to get radicalized; if you think of yourself as a paragon of virtue, you are going to think that whatever you see as good and right is an objective fact. Most people don't know this, but the majority of terfs start out as trans allies. You are not immune to propaganda! You are not immune to falling into dangerous ideologies!!!

This is why the most important thing you can do as an activist is to listen. Do NOT think you're above being wrong; do NOT develop a god complex; do NOT form an identity out of being right all the time. Involve yourselves in the groups you claim to speak for. Listen to trans women; share resources that help trans women; familiarize yourself with the diversity of experiences that trans people have and the struggles they face.

No, none of you are as bad as JKR because you don't have her money or her power. You will likely never have the capacity for harm she does. But check yourselves. Do not affirm yourselves into thinking you always have the moral high ground. Watch yourselves; humble yourselves; check yourselves for signs of cult behavior and internalized prejudice. You are always learning. You will always be learning. Do not allow yourselves to get a power trip from brushing off marginalized voices.

#zee zee rants #if im talking out of my ass here ill delete the post idc i wont die on any hill #anyway if people you're propping up are more of a symbol to you than a group of people you are susceptible to developing prejudiced ideas #based on fearmongering instead of reality #also its funny that the more bigoted she got the more mid her works became #jesus christ i dont think even she has the funds to get people to continue the fantastic beast movies #i think only her most diehard fans are going to watch the harry potter reboot #anyway #harry potter tw #jk rowling tw

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opt1gan · 5 months ago

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Two movies I like

#gravity falls #mabel pines #stanford pines #dipper pines #stanley pines #my art #sorry i post so intermittently on here. life has been unpredictable #decided to stop using twitter a long while ago so im also planning to reupload some stuff i never posted on here

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neostellarjpg · 1 month ago

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#this has been on twitter for 7 months and i forgot to post it here sorry gang #karkat vantas #kanaya maryam #homestuck #art #comic #also keep sending karkat quotes for me to draw i know i asked for them forever ago but still send them

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grim-echoes · 13 days ago

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you have burn in, old man. admit it

#my art #deltarune #tenna #tenna deltarune #shuttah #shuttah deltarune #this was supposed to be quick and instead i spent hours angrily color correcting before giving up and graying it lmao #straight up made me not wanna post it #but here we are #the point is: funny character design gag #i may have copped shuttah's hand design from tomatertate also i hope they won't mind if they see this :')

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spoopup · 3 months ago

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number 1 werehog fan

#sonadow #shadow the hedgehog #shadow #sonic the hedgehog #sonic the werehog #sonic #i also posted this on bluesky but i added 1% of colour before putting it here lol #my art #fanart

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sweetbouquetartisane · 3 months ago

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Good Will Hunting (1997) Dir. by Gus Van Sant

#thats literally me #been active on my sideblog but not here cause it feels less Official #moviegifs #filmgifs #good will hunting #matt damon #userstream #dailyflicks #idk what to tag im just copying posts #fyeahmovies #cinemapix #this is supposed to be a joke idk if it reads that way but its been sitting in my computer for too long so #userbbelcher #dailytvfilmgifs #filmtvdaily #whatever #also ive forgotten how i did these. like how i put the subtitles there. oh well.

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gibbearish · 2 years ago

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love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

#yes i want things to be free like ??? that is not a weird desire #'but but it costs money to keep up' ok and? how is that my problem #the government has plenty of murder dollars they could reallocate a few to make internet services universal if they wanted #also these companies were perfectly capable of supporting themselves before the internet got drowned with ads so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#edit: muting notifs on this post bc new additions have kind of petered out #so no one feel bad about adding something someone else has said‚ it is not bothering me im just trying to keep my #notifs page cleanish lol #also since i saw some people are being redirected to read my tags: firstly hiiiiii this is a special secret message for you:3 #secondly i have learned since making this that the reason they were able to support themselves previously was because #of investors bankrolling everything #and theyre now finally realizing that theyre never going to actually make a profit and arent as willing to invest #however thats just a minor correction and doesnt change my overall point #once again. so many murder dollars #so thats why im just adding it here in the tags rather than making an actual correction #anyways . love yall 💕#origibberish #bigger gibbers

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hamletthedane · 6 months ago

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I’ve watched this video so many times I swear I’ve memorized it.

“DON’T GET ME STARTED ON THE FUCKING NAVY-“

#History #wwii #dunkirk #WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY #posting here to share but also to preserve a copy on my blog to enjoy later #laugh tag

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kensatou · 6 months ago

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deepthroating a gun without breaking eye contact...... he put his entire gongyussy into that | SQUID GAME 2

+ the video because the sound he makes when he puts the gun in his mouth? [redacted]

update: he improvised that. the man really said i'll go full slut.

#my beautiful unhinged wife..... you know the salesman is an utter freak on the streets and in the sheets #i watched one episode of the new squid game for the plot #the plot: gong yoo showing off his lack of gag reflex <3. he gloc on that glock etc.#the way he drags his bottom lip down with the muzzle of the gun sjhfsgfjhfgkj. redacted redacted redacted.#anyway. new username to celebrate #he put his entire ahjussy into his performance here. his ahjussiussy. his ahjussussy. you get it.#mutuals/followers from my old asian drama blog remember when train to busan came out in 2016 and for one and a half months #and i slipped back into my obsession and i was just a gong yoo shrine? ;_____;#i'm on the brink of regressing.......... help.....#also pardon the quality realised only after exporting that my grain was too strong -.-;#gun tw #blood tw #gong yoo #squid game #squid game spoilers #squidgameedit #netflixedit #tvedit #kdramaedit #uservik #chewieblog #userbbelcher #userisaiah #it's been a while i forgot what other tags there are…#long post #you know what.#gay #i cannot read salesman/gihun fic because i dislike ljj with a burning passion though.....

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jabberwick · 1 year ago

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Human Bill Cipher

(Based on Alex Hirsch's "canon" design)

And just to be clear, writing dissertations at me justifying why he should instead be a conventionally attractive twink will involuntarily cause me to draw him with even fewer teeth.

#And also: i know #i know the mayor of halloween town. I know guys.#twink death dilf birth #bill cipher #gravity falls #boy oh boy im anxious about posting this here please be nice to me #“the design deoesnt fit the voice” ?? idk man like. what if it did though.#you can draw him! i dont mind #no need to ask (:

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verflares · 5 days ago

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